Happy Monday!
Here"s the chapter, enjoy.
*unedited*
The two who glanced at each other simultaneously sighed in helplessness.
「Maa, it"s not surprising that you guys would want to go with Oda.」
「I don"t like Odkun, but that"s just my personal opinion. I won"t be stubborn, and will follow everyone else.」
If I left after all we"ve been through, it"ll leave a bad taste in my mouth, Ueno muttered.
Certainly, Akira and the others had their own combat style, but the balance of our party would collapse if we were missing the two people.
Even if it"s just two people, it would only lead to trouble if we separated from them.
Satou gave a sigh of relief when he heard them say that.
「Now then, we only need to persuade the princess.」
I nodded at Nanase"s words.
Not only do we know nothing about the person named Princess Amelia, it would also take much more effort to persuade her than Waki and Ueno.
She was the biggest obstacle.
「Maybe we have time until Akira and the others leave the beastman territory. It seems that both Akira and the familiar are exhausted due to the fight with the demons, so it would take time for them to recover.」
It wasn"t a situation where we were desperate.
However, it didn"t seem like we could afford to take it easy either.
「Come to think of it, there seems to be a festival in Uruk soon. A girl that I met on the boat told me.」
Now that he mentioned it.
The stray cats of this world were much more wary of strangers than those from j.a.pan, and won"t easily let others pet them.
However, those trained by an animal trainer were different, and were very friendly with humans.
Hence, Waki (and the cat) was very popular with girls, and were always surrounded by them.
It was the same when we were in the human territory and even when we were on the boat traveling here.
「A festival, huh….why don"t we have a change of pace and try inviting her?」
The two girls" eyes were shining when they heard Satou"s words.
Aside from Hosoyama, Ueno seemed to like things like festivals.
「But, what kind of festival is it?」
「Who knows? She said something about it being a day when girls shined.」
I tilted my head in confusion.
A day when girls shined?
Were they going to have a contest as well?
「What"s with that…rather, I wonder what the festivals of this world are like.」
Nanase muttered.
Certainly, the festivals in j.a.pan, there were yukatas and food stalls, but there were parades in other countries; the word "festival" was too abstract.
TN: yukatas are like a lightweight version of a kimono and is made of much thinner material. They are generally worn when going to festivals that are held in the summer.
「Co, come to think of it, the ojisans at the Adventurer Guild talked about it, as well?」
Tsuda timidly said this.
Perhaps it was because he had a feminine appearance, but Tsuda would often be picked on by the adventurers at the Adventurer Guild.
…or rather, the group of retired jiisans who were ex-adventurers doted on Tsuda, and those who saw that grew curious…it was something like that.
It turned out like that before I knew it, so I don"t know what their motive was either, but it"s certain that all the adventurers of Ul would attack if you involved yourself with Tsuda.
「She said something about deciding who the number one beauty among the beastmen or humans was. It"s an annual event, and was always held in Uruk within the beastmen territory.」
I see, it was certainly a festival.
I wonder if it was like a beauty pageant.
TN: the word they used here is ミスコン, which literally translated is "miss contest". It is essentially a beauty pageant where the winner is crowned Miss ***. It"s like those MIss Universe beauty pageants, but in j.a.pan, they will also hold them at high schools or universities/colleges as well, so the winner could be crowned something like "Miss Tokyo University".
As expected, was it something that existed no matter the world, or was it something that was popularized by someone who had been summoned….
In any case, it seems that, in all worlds, it"s common to hold contests that decided who was number one.
「It seems that there is, more or less, a men"s category as well, but as expected, the women"s category is much more popular. A, and….」
Tsuda"s words stopped in the middle.
His face was turning pale.
「And?」
Nanase urged him.
「The contest winner goes missing every time, a, and there are rumors like how their internal organs were being sold….」
In other words, it"s an organ trade, huh?
Because these disturbing words were not something we were familiar with in j.a.pan, it once again made us realize that we were in another world.
「Why was it only the winner?」
Hosoyama was next to Tsuda, rubbing his back as she asked this.
If it were the internal organs, it would make no difference if it were from a beautiful woman or a plain-looking woman.
「Um, the ojisans, said that the organs from young, beautiful women could be sold for a high price in the black market.」
There was nothing like the police in this world.
There were people who were like the Shinsengumi patrolling and keeping public order in Yamato, but even so, it wasn"t like the national government had organized it, it seems like they were volunteers.
The national government would make a move when the country was being threatened, but it wouldn"t for things like thefts, murders, and kidnappings.
It was a world filled with monsters, and war, so although it was something that couldn"t be helped, I still wonder if they couldn"t do it somehow.
There were a.s.sa.s.sination commissions and requests for exacting revenge put up in the Adventurer Guild as well, but most people wouldn"t accept them.
Even in this world, killing people was avoided, and people wouldn"t intentionally dye their own hands with blood for someone else.
That was, only if they weren"t worried about money.
「Satou, what are we going to do?」
Satou pondered intently over my words.
It seems that something had been on his mind since a while ago.
Satou said this while cautiously choosing his words.
「It is being hosted in Uruk, right? …if I"m not mistaken, the scoundrel that Akira and Kurou-san were talking about—-wasn"t he named Gram? Did this have something to do with him?」
Now that he mentioned it, I remember now.
The one Kurou-san wanted to exact his revenge on was Uruk"s guildmaster or something like that.
「It"s possible.」
Hasoyama gave a wry smile.
It seems that he"d committed every crime except for murder, and it wouldn"t be a surprise even if he was part of the organ trade.
「Even if it had nothing to do with him, it"s not something that can be forgiven.」
Waki muttered this.
Satou nodded at that.
「I still don"t know about what"s going on with the monsters and demons, but I can"t turn a blind eye to people buying and selling people. If Gram was involved, Kurou-san may make a move, and so will Akira. …the festival seems like fun, but if we arrested the criminal, wouldn"t it be a good opportunity to display our usefulness to Akira and Princess Amelia.」
Our course of action was decided with Satou"s words.